A weekly look back at sports in the Lehigh Valley, in anniversaries of multiples of five.

July 1

2008—Citing the region's support for the first-year IronPigs minor league baseball team, State Rep. Jennifer Mann (D-Lehigh) says the Lehigh Valley would make an "attractive" option to become the new home of the Philadelphia Phantoms minor league hockey team. Phantoms owners will be looking for a new home for their team after plans are announced to raze the Wachovia Spectrum to make room for commercial development.

2008—In a move to get their struggling ace untracked, the Phillies send Opening Day starter Brett Myers (3-9, 5.84 ERA) to their Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs affiliate. Myers, who accepts the assignment to work with IronPigs pitching coach Rod Nichols, remains on minor league assignment (he also pitches for Reading and Clearwater) for 16 days and returns to go 7-4 with a 3.06 ERA the rest of the Phillies season to help them win their second World Series title.

July 2

1998—The second-largest crowd in team history -- 4,066 at Bicentennial Park -- watches the Allentown Ambassadors drop a 5-2, 8-4 Northeast League doubleheader to the New Jersey Jackals, countering an Ambassador sweep the previous night before a crowd of more than 3,800.

1993—Kutztown is forced to forfeit its only victory of 1989 as punishment for use of an ineligible player as the NCAA and the school ends investigations of alleged violations in the program. The use of the fifth-year player is the only one of the 17 allegations investigators could prove.

1958—After leading Easton to a 25-19 record in two seasons, Bethlehem High and Lafayette grad Pete Carril resigns to become the head basketball coach at Reading High School.

July 3

1988—Mario Andretti survives a brush with the wall to win the Cleveland Grand Prix, the 51st victory of the Nazareth resident's Indy racing career.

1983—Allen High and Lehigh grad Kim McQuilken leads Washington on two second-half scoring drives, capping the second with a 1-yard sneak with 12:49 left that gives the Federals a 21-14 win over the Philadelphia Stars in the United States Football League's season-ending game at RFK Stadium. McQuilken completes 18-of-27, including 10 straight at one stretch, for 208 yards and a touchdown.

1958—Paul Keen throws his second straight no-hitter and third of the season for Easton's American Legion team in a 16-0 Northampton County League win over Roseto. It's Easton's 20th straight league win dating back to the 1957 season.

July 4

2008—Barry Krammes, a 2004 East Stroudsburg University graduate and a teacher and track coach at East Stroudsburg South High School, has the top throw of 259 feet, 1 inch, (78.07 meters) during the javelin preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials at the University of Oregon. The throw is 15 feet better than his previous attempt and puts him in the finals in two days.

July 6

2008—Despite the best throw of the trials during the javelin preliminaries, East Stroudsburg University graduate Barry Krammes is not selected for a spot on the U.S. Olympic track team after no competitor reaches the Olympic A qualifying standard of 81.80 meters. Krammes finishes sixth in the finals with a throw of 242-2 (73.82 meters), 7-4 shy of winner Bobby Smith, but the Olympic committee selects two throwers who had reached the A qualifying standard before the finals to represent the U.S. in Beijing

2008—IronPigs left-hander Les Walrond strikes out a franchise record 17 batters and records the first complete game and shutout in franchise history with a 2-0 win over Louisville at Coca-Cola Park. Walrond needs just 115 pitches to complete the job..

2003—After 18 years in the major leagues, Souderton's 40-year-old Jamie Moyer is selected to his first all-star game. Moyer is 11-5 with a 2.99 ERA for Seattle.

July 7

1968—Susie Maxwell Berning coasts to a three-stroke win over four-time champion Mickey Wright in the U.S. Women's Open golf championship at Moselem Springs Golf Club. Berning leads from start-to-finish en route to a 289. The four-day tournament draws 18,000 to the Bucks County course and a national TV audience for the final round.

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